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Badajoz

American  
[bah-thah-hawth] / ˌbɑ ðɑˈhɔθ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Spain.


Badajoz British  
/ ˈbædəˌhɒz, baˈðaxoθ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Spain: strategically positioned near the frontier with Portugal. Pop: 138 415 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Fieldwork took place from February 9 to 16 in the region surrounding Cabeza del Buey in the province of Badajoz.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2026

The victory in Badajoz left Spain with 10 points in the group.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2021

The Guadiana flows west across Extremadura through Mérida and Badajoz before bending south and eventually forming part of the boundary between Spain and Portugal all the way to the Atlantic.

From The New Yorker Jan. 6, 2020

Squire died of fever in 1812, soon after the third and successful British siege of Badajoz, which comprised part of the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic era.

From BBC May 9, 2016

I answered that it was perfectly indifferent to me whether I visited it or not; and, having taken a survey of Badajoz from the eastern side of the hill, descended by the way I came.

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

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